Windows Cut, Copy, and Paste Shortcut

So my mom just asked how I magically pasted text with the keyboard. The answer is a keyboard shortcut.

If you want to copy or cut something and then paste, it is quickly with your keyboard. The + (plus) does not mean hold the plus key, it simply means to hold both the key on the left and the right of the plus at the same time.

This is how:

CUT: ctrl+x This will cut the selected text. (you wont see it on the screen anymore)

COPY: ctrl+c This will copy the selected text. The highlighted text will still remain.

PASTE: ctrl+v This will paste the text wherever the mouse curser is.

You can highlight text with the mouse or by holding the shift key and moving the arrows. The best technique I have found when pasting text is to hold down the ctrl key with my pinky finger and then hit the other key with whichever finger is convenient. You can copy text from just about anything on your computer but you can only paste text in certain areas. For example, text can be pasted to a word document or email. All of this can be achieved by right clicking on a mouse but when you get used to using keyboard shortcuts you will find they are much quicker. All of this applies to the Mac, even the same alphanumeric keys but instead of ctrl you hold down the Apple key. I think this explains everything a little better than the previous post about copying and pasting.